Day 250: Maximum Likelihood Estimation

If we are going to talk about expectation maximization (now that I’m done complaining for a bit), we are going to have to introduce the idea of maximum likelihood. It’s going to be very easy to introduce, but it is a very powerful tool in estimating the state of something. Of course, it takes understanding a little bit of statistics, but trust me, if I can understand it, so can you.

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April 25, 2020 | Categories: 365 Days of Academia - Year one | Tags: coronavirus, COVID19, Education, graduate school, neurology, neuroscience, PhD | Leave a comment